Chaiken, Marcia R. "Violent Neighborhoods, Violent Kids." SIRS Discoverer. N.p.,
Mar. 2000. Web. 26 Apr. 2011. <http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/
hst-article-display?id=SPL2870-0-7013&artno=0000120461&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=su
burban%20and%20youth&title=Violent%20Neighborhoods%2C%20Violent%20Kids&res=Y&ren=
Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N>. Information: Marcia Chaiken is an expert in this
field. She has written other books in the same catagory such as
"Varieties of Criminal Behavior". This author writes about the
youth and their criminal actions, and mindless behavior. Depending on
neighborhoods, she takes conducts surveys to further her knowledge in this
field. This is an informational report, and the indended audience is for
anyone who wants to learn about the crime rates in different areas amoung
youth.
Summary: The author reported that "Delinquency poses a serious
challenge to virtually every major American city". Which I believe is
true. The article mainly talks about the youth and the different resources
available to them, depending on where they are from. The Juvinele Justice
and Delinquency Prevention Office (OJJDP) and other Federal agencies are
developing new policies, and new programs to stop these issues, and improve
the youth society. The author mainly discusses how important it is to try
and prevent what is happening. Because people come from different places,
they are raised differently, and believe that certain acts are
inappropriate, when other teens find it very inappropriate. The author
believes that there is hope for the future, and there is a need to
change.
Evidence: The author provides support for her arguments by backing
up the belief that she has. She believes that where you come from does have
an effect on how you are raised, and it is important to work together to
change these troubled teens. There was a study conducted in Washington, DC
with 213 boys between the ages of 13-17, 98% were African American, and the
study showed that these boys were not in class, didn't have jobs, fathered
children, didn't have adult supervision afterschool hours, etc. And these
studies showed that it isn't by change. "at least 95 percent of the
time, differences are not due to chance".
Evaluation: The work is a little hard to understand, but for
the most part it is clear. I think it was very interesting, and had a lot
of important information that I can use during my research. It was not the
authors beliefs, but it was also statistical information that is very
important to know.
Stephens, Gene. "Community Programs Can Help Youths." America's Youth. By Daniel
Leone. Ed. Roman Espejo. San Diego: Bonnie Szumski, 2003. 182-190. Print.
Information: Gene Stephens is the author of this section on opposing
viewpoints. He has written many books, and is an expert in the field of
youth and teens and their behavior. This article is informational, and
somewhat persuassive. I say it's somewhat persuassive because the author
has an opinion, and wants the reader to believe it and see where he's
coming from.
Summary: In this article the author believes that programs after school
will help with their position in life. If kids go to programs they are less
likely to be involved in crime, and deviant behavior. If these children
have the opportunity to join a club, or sports, or a job, etc, then they
have less free time to engage in bad activity. The main arguments is that
others don't believe this, but i support the author and believe it's true
because it keeps these kids occupied and out of trouble.
Evidence:The evidence the author shows in the article is a
statistic. There has been a drop in teen pregnancies from 1990 if the kids
are going to after school programs. This deffinately helps support his
argument because it's proof that it's working.
Evaluation: Yes, it is very logical and clear, it is also
relatable.
Mar. 2000. Web. 26 Apr. 2011. <http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/
hst-article-display?id=SPL2870-0-7013&artno=0000120461&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=su
burban%20and%20youth&title=Violent%20Neighborhoods%2C%20Violent%20Kids&res=Y&ren=
Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N>. Information: Marcia Chaiken is an expert in this
field. She has written other books in the same catagory such as
"Varieties of Criminal Behavior". This author writes about the
youth and their criminal actions, and mindless behavior. Depending on
neighborhoods, she takes conducts surveys to further her knowledge in this
field. This is an informational report, and the indended audience is for
anyone who wants to learn about the crime rates in different areas amoung
youth.
Summary: The author reported that "Delinquency poses a serious
challenge to virtually every major American city". Which I believe is
true. The article mainly talks about the youth and the different resources
available to them, depending on where they are from. The Juvinele Justice
and Delinquency Prevention Office (OJJDP) and other Federal agencies are
developing new policies, and new programs to stop these issues, and improve
the youth society. The author mainly discusses how important it is to try
and prevent what is happening. Because people come from different places,
they are raised differently, and believe that certain acts are
inappropriate, when other teens find it very inappropriate. The author
believes that there is hope for the future, and there is a need to
change.
Evidence: The author provides support for her arguments by backing
up the belief that she has. She believes that where you come from does have
an effect on how you are raised, and it is important to work together to
change these troubled teens. There was a study conducted in Washington, DC
with 213 boys between the ages of 13-17, 98% were African American, and the
study showed that these boys were not in class, didn't have jobs, fathered
children, didn't have adult supervision afterschool hours, etc. And these
studies showed that it isn't by change. "at least 95 percent of the
time, differences are not due to chance".
Evaluation: The work is a little hard to understand, but for
the most part it is clear. I think it was very interesting, and had a lot
of important information that I can use during my research. It was not the
authors beliefs, but it was also statistical information that is very
important to know.
Stephens, Gene. "Community Programs Can Help Youths." America's Youth. By Daniel
Leone. Ed. Roman Espejo. San Diego: Bonnie Szumski, 2003. 182-190. Print.
Information: Gene Stephens is the author of this section on opposing
viewpoints. He has written many books, and is an expert in the field of
youth and teens and their behavior. This article is informational, and
somewhat persuassive. I say it's somewhat persuassive because the author
has an opinion, and wants the reader to believe it and see where he's
coming from.
Summary: In this article the author believes that programs after school
will help with their position in life. If kids go to programs they are less
likely to be involved in crime, and deviant behavior. If these children
have the opportunity to join a club, or sports, or a job, etc, then they
have less free time to engage in bad activity. The main arguments is that
others don't believe this, but i support the author and believe it's true
because it keeps these kids occupied and out of trouble.
Evidence:The evidence the author shows in the article is a
statistic. There has been a drop in teen pregnancies from 1990 if the kids
are going to after school programs. This deffinately helps support his
argument because it's proof that it's working.
Evaluation: Yes, it is very logical and clear, it is also
relatable.